Alan Kelly - Millersville University

Professor: Alan Kelly
Department: English
College: Millersville University
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL427
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I don't like poetry, so this class was extremely boring for me. I took the 3 hour class and it dragged on forever. The class was difficult, note taking is a must. For the tests, make sure you memorize the poems because passage identification is tough.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL230
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr.Kelly is a good teacher but the class is just a bit boring and hard to focus! If you listen during when he goes off the short stories in class and take notes, review over those for the exams. The first exam is mainly all that and the last 2 involve passages from the stories so try to memorize the stories too! Good luck to you :)!
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL312
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I learned a lot from this class, but everything I learned I taught myself in order to pass the final. Dr. Kelly sits at the front of the room and gives a list of page numbers from the textbook that will be tested on the final exam. HE DOES NOT TEACH. Dr. Kelly is extremely picky about small details in regards to the writing assignments.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL230
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
As a first year student interested in Lit, I found Kelly's class to be intriguing. The short stories, plays, etc are very interesting. Yeah, he can be boring sometimes but he's very nice and willing to help you if you ask. Study for tests, show up for class, and write your journals. Tests can be hard if you do none of the above.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: LIT230
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Do not take this professor.... The class is not hard it's just him.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL231
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Kelly grades very harshly. Tests make up almost your entire grade, and all of his tests are blue book tests. Only English and ed majors are required to take this course, so if that's not you, I wouldn't recommend this course with him.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL320
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
eh could have been worse. Gave us a lot of work at one time and he practically holds your hand with everything. but the tests were fairly easy
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: ENG230
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Kelly is a good teacher. He can be boring sometimes but he will make some funny jokes at random times. He is very nice and the class is easy. (if you do the readings)Make sure you review the readings before tests because he sometimes uses little details. He also has you do a reading journal but it's only one page a week. It's an easy class.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL230
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Not too bad, kinda boring esp. if you take it at 9 AM MWF. Reading Journal is kind of a pain but other than that it's not too bad. Goes over readings in class in pretty decent detail. Attendance is mandatory (he takes it at the beginning of every class). Be sure to know random, weird details in the works bc he'll ask about it on exams.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL230
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He is a very boring professor and he treats his students like they are in high school. He can be a jerk too. I would stay away from his classes if possible.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: LIT220
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Kelly is a good guy. His classes are very boring and pretty much useless. His tests are difficult but he gives a study guide to help out. If you listen to him, he can actually be pretty funny. Oh and don't let the beard scare you. And, YOU NEED THE BOOK!
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL312
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Professor is very full of himself and down-talks students. He didn't know the students names by the end of the semester in a class of less than 30. With the way he plans the semester, 70% of your grade is handed in during the last 2 weeks of the semester. I do not recommend Dr. Kelly.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL230
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
A really easy class to pass if you keep up with the readings. He goes over everything in class before the test. I am not great at English but I managed well enough. Reading Journal was a bit of a pain but is much easier if you do it weekly. Take good notes he asks for weird details.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: ENG230
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
A lot of work but if you do the readings you should do fine on the tests. He basically goes over all of the stories so even if you don't read you know whats going on. Take good notes and you should get a decent grade!
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL230
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Overall, not a bad prof. I don't like his teaching style...sit down behind a table in front of the class and simply talk in a monotone voice. But he is a very understanding person and nice person, which helps. If you do all the reading, you should be successful. BUT there is a A LOT of reading...
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL312
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Tech Writing - I have done more work for this class than for any 400-level biology course. Professor is pompous, unhelpful, and out-of-touch with students. 5 papers in 3.5 months - instructions for as many as 3 papers given out at once. Prof starts class explaining how "no one will be a technical writer", and then makes the class very difficult.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: ENG312
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
DO NOT TAKE TECHNICAL WRITING WITH DR. Kelly. This was the most confusing and difficult class that I have ever taken. At one point we had three different papers assigned and it was nearly impossible to keep all the paper instructions seperated since he would jump around so much.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL627
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Grad. level Modern Am. Poetry class. Good class, and I was given the opportunity to write a quality to research paper. Kelly is nice, wants you to really look into the poem for the meaning. Usually likes you to come to the same conclusion as him, but he won't dock you on journal entries for deviating from his ideas. He's a quality professor.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: MODAMERFICT
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
His tests are ridiculously hard, but you still wind up with a decent grade somehow. I don't think anyone gets an A, not even grad students, but most students got a B. He is boring but he picks great books, and his beard is hilarious.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: INTROTOLIT
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Great prof. Though the class was mostly reading out loud, he did ask pointed questions and kept the class rolling at a good pace. Can be boring, though it is easy to sleep with his rolling deep voice. Is also easy to talk to, but can be detached. Likes to maintain professor/student distance.
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